The Mission of Banking With the Poor is the following:

• increase access of the poor to financial services by means of sustainable linkages between financial institutions (such as commercial banks) and NGOs and self-help groups of the poor;

• influence the policies and practices of governments, monetary authorities, financial sector institutions and NGOs through research, advocacy, policy dialogue, awareness-building and information-sharing;

• provide Network members with access to information that increases their knowledge about best practice in microfinance service provision, capacity-building and technological upgrading for institutions engaged in Banking with the Poor;

• document and demonstrate the successes and lessons learned in microfinance provision achieved by Network members as a means of improving policy and practice in the field more generally.

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